“Even if you’re right track,
you’ll get run over if you just sit
there. ’’
— Will Rogers
VOLUME IV W. P. GRIER JR. HIGH SCHOOL GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA, MAY, 1971
NO. 6
JUST THINK... ONLY 136 CLASSES LEFT!
S.T.P. WEEK
For those of you that have
seen the brightly colored posters
concerning clean up time around
our school and wondered, here
comes an explanation of them.
They are the start of Grier’s annual
school and student-teacher-
relationships-improvement cam
paign. This year’s project will be
labeled “S. T. P. Week”,
symbolizing “Student Teacher
Participation Week”.
It will be (or was, by the time
you ';ead this) led off by a break-
iast for the faculty on April 20,
where the teachers discuss student-
faculty relationships as the
students serve the teachers.
April twenty-eighth through
the thirtieth are the days desig
nated by the student council to
show students what the council
has learned about Grier’s situation.
This will be shown through skits -
putting the students in the types
of situations teachers have to face
(students teaching classes). Clash
Day and Environment Apprecia
tion will be observed, too.
We hope that students and
teachers will not only enjoy this
salute to correlation but find it
meaningful and benefit from it,
also.
ATTENTION ALL
NINTH GRADERS!!!!
All ninth graders are cordially
invited to the gym on Friday,
May 7. Come between the hours
of eight and eleven, and bring
$1.25 or $1.75; depending on
whether you’re one or two people.
The group known as “Sabbath”
will provide the music. As for
dress; men, wear suits. Ladies,
either long or short dresses will be
appropriate. (In case you were
wondering, this occasion is
commonly known as the Prom.)
ECOLOGY FLAG
Today, one expression of man’s
concern for his environment is
the Ecology Flag. This flag has
three parts. They are: the Greek
symbol theta, which stands for
man’s destruction of his environ
ment; the white stripes which
stand for pure air and water; and
the green stripes, which stand for
the land.
ELECTIONS COMING UP
Well, it’s that time of the year
again. With the end of school just
around the corner, it’s time to
elect a new student council
president, vice-president, and
secretary for the 1971-72 school
year.
Nominations from homerooms
in the seventh and eighth grade
will all be made before April 26.
Run-offs will follow. Campaign
speeches will be given on April
29 (Thursday) and final balloting
will take place on Friday, April
30. Campaigning will be at its
highest peak during STP week,
which is April 26-30.
Since elections will be com
pleted the day of this issue’s
publication, information about
the winners will follow in the next
issue of the Script. However, news
about candidates and nominations
can be found in the insert sheet.
ITEMS FOUND IN EASTER
BASKETS ON EASTER
MORNING
1. banana sandwiches
2. a bowl of grits and a fizzie
3. pink shoe polish
4. a gramaphone recording of
“I Saw Mamma Kissing Peter
Rabbit”
5. a purple tie-dye bikini
6. 17 boys or 17 girls
7. wilted daffodils
8. rotten easter eggs
9. melted chocolate bunnies
10. dead dyed chickens
11. a picture of William
Shakespeare suitable for
framing!
12. a spiro-graph with all the
wheels broken
13. a long lost “child” from
Randolph
14. little prune panty hose
15. red camel blue jeans to wear
around your wrist (Where are
your pants Billy??)
SPELLING BEE
On March 16, 1971, Grier held
its annual spelling bee where the
best school speller was chosen.
Elizabeth Brooks, from Mrs.
Grigg’s room, won. From here she
went to Arlington School where,
on March 23, she took place in .,
the county wide spelling bee. There .
she came in 3rd, missing on the
word “conceded”. Kim Lyndon
from Lincoln School won and
advanced to the regional bee at
Charlotte.
Elizabeth Brooks, looking back,
commented, “It took a lot of
effort and work, but it was worth
it to represent my school.”
IT REALLY PAYS TO
LISTEN TO
MRS. BIRMINGHAM!!!!!
On Saturday, March 20, the
1971 South Piedmont Science Fair
was held. Julie Kamienski (who is
a ninth grader at Grier) took
second place in the Junior
Biological Division with her pro
ject “Correction of Cephalic
Diseases Due to Hydrostatic
Pressure”. The project covered
the case history, sympicrns,
diagnosis, and treatment of
cephalic diseases. Julie said that
making the project was more im
portant to her than winning. That’s
fine, but Grier is still proud of
Julie!!!
ATTENTION!
W. P. Grier is proud to welcome
a new student teacher at Grier.
Miss Morris, from Western
Carolina, is now teaching Mrs.
Jenkins’ 9th grade girls health
and P. E. classes.
Miss Morris, about 5’8”, enjoys
teaching physical education be
cause she loves helping the girls,
and it reminds her of her days as a
9th grader. Some of her likes are:
people, sunshine, sports, her
students, teaching, and Grier.
Her ambitions are: to be the
kind of teacher she always wanted
to have when she was in the 9th
grade; to travel abroad, and to
someday be a full time girls’
physical education teacher.